fumet
Concentrated cooking liquid
Fumet is a concentrated stock made by simmering fish bones, shellfish shells, or sometimes game trimmings with aromatics.
Unlike heavier meat stocks, fish fumet cooks briefly—usually under an hour—to avoid bitterness.
It serves as the foundation for sauces, soups, and seafood dishes: The chef reduced the fumet for the beurre blanc.
Clear simmered meat liquid
- consomméClarified, concentrated stock
- bouillonClear seasoned broth
- reductionMaking something smaller
- essenceFundamental nature of something
base · liquid · bones · shells · trimmings · simmered · gelatinous · clarified
Making something smaller
- simmerCook just under boiling
- extractConcentrated derived substance
- infusionSteeping to extract essence
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
mirepoix · aromatics · sauté · deglaze · strain · skim · clarify · fortify
broth
Clear simmered meat liquid
essence · base · liquid · bones · shells · trimmings · simmered · gelatinous · clarified · strained
reduction
Making something smaller
- simmerCook just under boiling
- extractConcentrated derived substance
- infusionSteeping to extract essence
poaching · mirepoix · aromatics · sauté · deglaze · strain · skim · clarify · fortify · mount
bouquet
Arranged cluster of blooms
whiff · essence · redolence · aromatics · olfaction · pungency · headiness · wafting · savory · earthy
umami
Fifth taste sensation
- savoryAppetizing, not sweet
- richHaving much of something
- concentratedGathered or intensified
intense · deep · robust · full-bodied · briny · oceanic · earthy · mushroomy · complex · layered
- running on fumesFunctioning despite exhaustion
- exhaust fumesCombustion gases from engines
- run on fumesPersist while nearly depleted
- toxic fumesHarmful airborne vapors
- paint fumesVapors from wet coatings
- diesel fumesCombustion byproduct from trucks
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